In March 2014. Catrice placed on market a twenty-four-piece limited edition Luxury Lacquers collection, that was split into four parts - Million Brilliance, Sand’sation, Chameleon (I have done posts on entire line) and Holomania. Surprisingly, Holomania does consist of holo polishes and linear ones at that (Cosnova is infamous for naming duo- and multichromatic polishes holographic). I was fortunate to win one of these at one of Parokeets' giveaways, and recently I finally gave it a whirl.

In 2009. Zoya placed on market their limited edition Matte Velvet collection, which has since had one addition and several retirements and partial reissues. The original collection consisted of Dovima, Loredana and Posh, with Veruschka, Savita and Harlow added later. Last winter the entire collection was reissued for a short time only and I took that opportunity to get Dovima and Loredana.

Hurrah! This week's theme is French manicure. Happy, happy, joy, joy! Not quite. Actually not at all. I am not a fan of French manicure (you can read more about it here), but fortunately I know how to make even this boring theme a bit more interesting and edgy.

When a top coat messes up your polish, a glittery topper can salvage the mani. In the last couple of years I have passed on most of glitter toppers from my collection, but I got one Lynnderella topper this July and it turned out to be the perfect choice for this situation. You can get Lynnderella polishes from Lynn via her StoreEnvy shop or you can enter weekly giveaway on her Facebook page.

Even though I am not a fan of light and soft shades, sometimes even I get drawn to such tones. OPI You're So Vain-Illa is one such polish and so far you've seen it on my blog in several manis (here, here and here), and it is now getting a blopost of its own.

Before new Born Pretty Store stamping plates arrive I want to show you those that I've had for months and that I still haven't either used or reviewed. Foremost this pair of image plates from the first BPS collection - the original Born Pretty Store 09 and its improved counterpart BP-09.

I have noticed that it's been quite awhile since I last did a post about a Zoya nail polish, and I have several among my untrieds. When I first shortened my nails I kept to lighter colours in order not to draw attention to my new length and shape. One of those polishes was Zoya PixieDust Vespa. Zoya polishes come in 15 ml bottles. They don't contain toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and animal products and are not tested on animals.

I almost missed this week's theme. I've had so many other duties these days and I also haven't been in mood for painting nails. However, I did managed to come up with something that I hope you'll like.

In a big and brave move, Aura has discontinued three of four of their nail polish lines, as well as all older base and top coats and substituted them for new collection. I have shown you all these new products this week. Today we summarise impressions and I'd love to hear your thoughts on this subject. Photos are showing comparisons I have mentioned in articles on polishes.

The last piece of new Aura nail polish collection I get to show you are the products that a mani starts and ends with. Up until now Aura has had a couple of base coats Jelly top coat and Matte top coat. They've been substituted for a base coat, a couple of clear top coats and a matte top coat. They come in the same 11 ml bottles as Amazingly Resistant polishes.

Today I am bringing showcasing of Aura Amazingly Resistant collection to a close. The segment I have set for today it the most coherent and the most to my taste as it consists mostly of red polishes. All polishes come in 11ml bottles and they are 5-free.

Today I am continuing to show you new Aura Amazingly Resistant polishes. This time I am focusing on pinks and purples, which are the most abundant colours in this collection. All polishes come in 11 ml bottles. They rave flat straight-cut brush and it spreads polish quite nicely.

As I've mentioned in my monthly overview, today I shall start to show you the new Aura nail polish line. It is called Amazingly Resistant and it consists of twenty four coloured polish and there are also tree new top coats and a base coat. Polishes come in 11 ml bottles. The initial colour palette is quite classic. At a glance, it is rather safe, almost boring, but it is replacing three older lines of polish so, while I am disappointed that there are no more interesting colours here, I understand why the manufacturer decided to go this way and I can only hope that at some later point they will add more unusual colours and different finishes. Because of the size of this collection I shall divide it into four blogposts - one about neutrals, one about pinks, one about reds and one about base and top coats. I am starting with neutrals.